Columbia Authorized liquor only to be kept on premises ordinance (§ 4-27)
Chapter 4: Alcoholic Beverages · Article II. Intoxicating Liquor
In short: Bars and restaurants licensed to sell liquor by the drink may not keep, or let anyone else keep, on the premises any liquor beyond the kind their license authorizes, except liquor used only as an ingredient in food prepared and sold there.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
It shall be unlawful for the holder of any license authorized by this article for the sale of any intoxicating liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold, to keep or secrete, or to allow any other person to keep or secrete in or upon the premises described in such license, any intoxicating liquor other than the kind of liquor expressly authorized to be sold by such license, or any kind of liquor used exclusively as an ingredient in any foods being prepared and sold on the premises.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 4-27
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.